Sm(II)-mediated electron transfer to carboxylic acid derivatives: Development of complexity-generating cascades

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1263-1275

  Just Baringo, Xavier ^a   Procter, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; IODIDE; SAMARIUM; SAMARIUM DIIODIDE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; SYNTHESIS;

ALCOHOLS; AMIDES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IODIDES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SAMARIUM;

EID: 84929590850     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00083     Document Type: Article

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